42. Afrukhta, Dr. Yunis Khan. Khatirat-i nuh sala-yi 'Akka. Reissued as
Khatirat-i nuh sala, [Tehran], Baha'i Publishing Committee, 1967-68 ed.,
564. [Tehran]: Baha'i Publishing Committee, n.d. A detailed memoir of 9 years
spent in Acre and Haifa at the turn of the century. The author, an Iranian
Baha'i physician, was a leading supporter of 'Abd al-Baha', and his narrative
provides valuable information on the conflict between the latter and the
partisans of his half-brother, Muhammad 'Ali. One of the most important
memoirs from this crucial period. An English translation is, I understand, in
progress.

43. Afrukhta, Yunis Khan. Irtibat-i sharq wa gharb (The relation between
East and West). [1], 6, 177, [2]; [23] leaves of plates. [Tehran]: 1310/1931.
An account of a visit to Europe by the author of Khatirat-i nuh sala
(item x).

46. Alexander, Agnes. Personal Recollections of a Baha'i Life in the
Hawaiian Islands, Forty Years of the Baha'i Cause in Hawaii, 1902-1942.
Rev. ed. ed., Honolulu, Hawaii: National Assembly of the Baha'is of the
Hawaiian Islands, 1974. An early American convert, later 'Hand of the Cause',
recalls episodes in Paris and her missionary efforts in Hawaii. Includes
letters from 'Abd al-Baha' and Shoghi Effendi. (See also item xx)

49. Anon. Eighty Golden Years: The Baha'i Faith in Hawaii 1901-1981.
Honolulu: National Assembly of the Baha'is of Hawaii, 1981. A short (20pp)
memoir of Baha'ism in Hawaii, from the arrival of Agnes Alexander in 1901 to
the modern period, supplemented by an introduction to Baha'i history and
doctrine.

50. Anon. Miss Martha Root, World Traveller, Peace Advocate, Baha'i
Lecturer. n.p., n.d. [after 1931] [44] p. One large sheet, folded, with
reproductions of letters of introduction and clippings about Martha Root.
Probably used by Miss Root as an introductory brochure about herself during her
travelling teaching tours. 7.1570.

52. Arbab, Furugh. Akhtaran-i taban. [Tehran]: Baha'i Publishing
Committee, 126 B.E./1969-70. A collection of 56 biographies of Babi and Baha'i
women. Many of those included are Americans or Europeans, but the more
interesting material concerns Iranians, for whom biographical accounts are less
readily available. It is interesting to note that 19 of the latter seem to be
recorded primarily as wives, mothers, or sisters of eminent Baha'i men.

57. Austin , Elsie. The Story of Louis G. Gregory. Reissued as Above
All Barriers: The Story of Louis G. Gregory, 1964, 18 pp., 1976, iv, 18 pp.
ed., 22. Wilmette, Ill.: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1955. A short, pocket-sized
pamphlet giving the basic details of the life of Louis Gregory (1874-1951), one
of the first black judges to practise in Washington and the first American
negro to convert to Baha'ism. See also the author's early pamphlet, item x. A
more substantial study is item xx. Collins 7.82-83.

65. Bach, Marcus. Intro. Horace Holley. Shoghi Effendi: An Appreciation.
Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 1958, and New York, Hawthorn Books,
1958; also as A Meeting with Shoghi Effendi, Oxford, England, and
Chatham, N.Y., Oneworld, 1993, x, [48] pp. Originally published as chapter 3 in
Marcus Bach, The Circle of Faith, New York, Hawthorn Books, 1957. The
only substantial account of Shoghi Effendi by a non-Baha'i writer. Bach, a
well-known American writer on religious topics, visited Shoghi Effendi in
Haifa, being granted an interview of some three hours. Very little of the book
actually deals with Shoghi Effendi himself. Here, as in Baha'i accounts, the
subject is almost invisible behind the cause. The text is unpaginated. Collins
7.100.

66. Badi' [8]. [Toronto]: National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of
Canada, n.d. [196-]. A brief account of the life and martyrdom of Mirza Badi',
a young believer who acted as the courier for a letter from Baha' Allah to
Nasir al-Din Shah and was put to death after its delivery. Collins 7.104.

68. Baha'iyyih Khanum, the Greatest Holy Leaf. [4]. n.p. [London]:
[National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United Kingdom], n.d.
[1982]. A brief account of a daughter of Baha' Allah and sister of 'Abd
al-Baha', whose influence on developments within the movement after her
brother's death was considerable and probably greater than has generally been
recognized. Collins 7.512.

76. Baha'u'llah, the Promised One of All Ages. 10. n.p. [Bogota,
Colombia]: National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Colombia, 1982.
Collins 7.509.

77. Baha'u'llah, the Promised One of All Ages: Theme 2, Level 1. 14.
n.p. [Bogota, Colombia]: National Teaching Committee of the National Spiritual
Assembly of the Baha'is of Colombia, 1983. Collins 7.510.

83. Baha'u'llah: una breve introduccion a la vida y obra del Fundador de la
Fe Baha'i (Baha'u'llah: a brief introduction to the life and work of the
founder of the Baha'i faith), Buenos Aires, National Assembly of the Baha'is of
Argentina, 1991, 61 pp.

84. Bakhtiyari, Isfandyar. Tuhfa-yi Tahira (The gift of Tahira). 48.
Delhi: Jayyid Barqi Press, 1933. Notes on the life of Qurrat al-'Ayn, with
selections of her poetry. c/r literary.

86. Balyuzi, Hasan M. 'Abdu'l-Baha, The Centre of the Covenant of
Baha'u'llah. xiii, 560. London: George Ronald, 1971. The first of Balyuzi's
hagiographical trilogy devoted to the three central figures of the movement
(see also items xx and xxx). As in the case of Baha' Allah himself, there is a
surprising paucity of firm historical material for the early period. A large
part is devoted to a detailed (and rather dull) account of 'Abd al-Baha's
Western tours and talks, largely based on Zarqani's trave;l diary (item xx).
Far too little attention is paid to the subject's writings.

87. Balyuzi, Hasan M. Baha'u'llah, The King of Glory. Persian
translation by Minu Sabet, as Baha' Allah, Shams-i Haqiqat, Oxford,
George Ronald, 1990 ed., Oxford: George Ronald, 1980. The largest and generally
speaking the best of Balyuzi's trilogy of hagiographies of the central figures
of the movement (see also items xx, xxx). At 429 text pages, this is the only
full-length study of the prophet but is, for all that, remarkable for the
paucity of solid information it provides about its subject. There are several
addenda on general historical topics and biographical notes written by Moojan
Momen.

88. Balyuzi, Hasan M. Baha'u'llah. A brief life, followed by an essay on the
Manifestation of God entitled The Word Made Flesh. The section on Baha'
Allah was originally issued in London by the Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1938,
with another n.p. edition in the same year. Several reprints have been made of
the 1963 edition. ed., London: George Ronald, 1963. Not to be confused with
the author's later and much larger study, Baha'u'llah, The King of Glory
(item xx), this is Balyuzi's first attempt at hagiography. The book is divided
almost equally between the historical account and the theological essay.

89. Balyuzi, Hasan M. Edward Granville Browne and the Baha'i Faith. ix,
142. London: George Ronald, 1970. Balyuzi's first serious work and the first
attempt at Baha'i scholarship in a Western language. The basic theme had
already been explored less intelligently in Gulpaygani's Kashf al-ghita'
[item xx]: Browne as a sympathetic scholar misled by his Azali connections into
adopting an anti-Baha'i position. Balyuzi never gets to grips with Browne's
views, but does at least admit some of his virtues. Browne's criticisms retain
much of their force.

90. Balyuzi, Hasan M. Eminent Baha'is in the time of Baha'u'llah, with Some
Historical Background. xvii, 381. Oxford: George Ronald, 1985. A collection
of hagiographies of the most important disciples of Baha' Allah, originally
intended as the second volume of a four-volume study of the prophet and his
times. Several chapters were completed by Balyuzi's continuator, Moojan Momen.
Part 2 contains materials relating to the Caspian region and the connection of
Baha' Allah's family with it. The book is copiously illustrated. The style is
unremittingly hagiographical.

104. Caton, Margaret L. "'Baha'iInfluences on Mirza 'Abdu'llah, Qajar Court
Musician and Master of the Radif'." In From Iran East and West,
ed. J.R. Cole and Moojan Momen. 2. Los Angeles: Kalimat Press, 1984. A
scholarly article on the life and musical attainments of Mi rza 'Abd Allah
Farahani (1843-1918), an outstanding Iranian musician of the nineteenth
century. Biographical detail is sparse, and the connection between Mirza 'Abd
Allah's music and his faith is tenuous. One interesting section quotes from
correspondence between Farahani and 'Abd al-Baha'.

106. Chase, Thornton and Arthur S. Agnew. In Galilee, and In Spirit and In
Truth. 2nd. ed. 1921 as In Galilee and In Wonderland, 71, 10 pp.;
reissued in facsimile reproduction with new introduction as In Galilee. In
Wonderland, Los Angeles, Kalimat Press, 1985, xii, 83 ed., 83. Chicago:
Baha'i Publishing Society, 1908. In Galilee is an account of a
pilgrimage to Palestine in 1907. Chase was the first American Baha'i, and this
is a description of his first meeting with 'Abd al-Baha'. Agnew, who
accompanied him, provides more general reflections on their stay. Collins
7.634-36.

115. Dahl, Arthur and et al. Mark Tobey: Art and Belief. vii, 119.
Oxford: George Ronald, 1984. Account of the life and work of Mark Tobey
(1890-1976), an important modern American painter who claimed Baha'i
inspiration for his art. c/r art.

128. Edith Miller Danielson as She Began Her Pioneering in 1953: Knight of
Baha'u'llah. 3. Bellevue, Wash.: Baha'i Community of Bellevue, 1984.
Collins 7.837a The designation 'Knight of Baha'u'llah was bestowed by Shoghi
Effendi on the first Baha'i missionaries to reach their destinations during
the 'Ten Year Crusade' (1953-1963).

132. Faizi, A. Q. Milly: A Tribute to Amelia E. Collins. x, 41. Oxford:
George Ronald, 1977. Short account of this American 'Hand of the Cause' (see
also another biography by Faizi, item xx).

133. Faizi, Abu'l-Qasim. Narcissus to Akka. New ed., n.d. [1970?], 17
pp. (with a section on the English Baha'i Thomas Breakwell) ed., 12. New Delhi:
Baha'i Publishing Trust, n.d. [196-]. An account of some Baha'is from the
Iranian village of Saysan who carried pots of narcissi to Baha' Allah. Collins
7.918-19.

134. Faizi, A[bu'l-] Q[asim] and Gloria Faizi (comp. and ed.). A Gift of
Love Offered to the Greatest Holy Leaf. 39. n.p. [Hofheim-Langenhain]:
[Baha'i-Verlag], 1982. Memoirs of Baha'iyya Khanum (sister of 'Abd al-Baha')
and Shoghi Effendi by a Hand of the Cause who met them both during visits to
Haifa while a student in Beirut.

137. Faydi, Abu 'l-Qasim. Khanum-i malakut: Amiliya Kulinz, Mrs Amelia
Collins 1873-1962. [Tehran]: Baha'i Publishing Committee, 119 B.E./1962-63.
A short account of the life of Amelia Collins, an early American convert made a
'Hand of the Cause' in 1951. See also obituary by Beatrice Ashton in The
Baha'i World Vol.13, pp.834-41.

138. Faydi, Abu 'l-Qasim. Naghma-yi asmani: tarjuma-yi hayat-i Kulbi Ayvis
[Colby Ives]. [Tehran]: Baha'i Publishing Committee, 127B.E./1970-71. A
short biography of the American Unitarian Minister and Baha'i convert, Howard
Colby Ives (see item xx), written by an Iranian 'Hand of the Cause', using a
number of original source materials. The biography is followed by a Persian
translation of Ives's work The Song Celestial (item xx).

141. Faydi, Muhammad 'Ali. Hayat-i Hadrat-i 'Abd al-Baha' wa hawadith-i
dawra-yi mithaq [The life of his Holiness 'Abd al-Baha' and tales
concerning the period of the Covenant]. Reissued 1986, Hofheim-Langenhain,
Baha'i-Verlag, 428 pp. ed., 377. [Tehran]: Baha'i Publishing Committee, 128
B.E./1971. A full-length biography of 'Abd al-Baha' with numerous side
chapters dealing with general developments in the movement during his lifetime.
There are plentiful illustrations and some reproductions of texts. The sourcing
of references is, as usual, woefully inadequate.

142. Faydi, Muhammad 'Ali. Khandan-i Afnan, sadra-yi-Rahman. [Tehran]:
Baha'i Publishing Trust, 127 B.E./1970-71. A biographical study of the
extended Afnan family, made up of descendants of the Bab's uncles and thus the
first of two Baha'i holy lineages (the second being the Aghsan or descendants
of Baha' Allah). The early sections contain numerous valuable details regarding
the Bab's family, with reproductions of and citations from several important
documents. The book is illustrated with photographs of family members.

143. Follow a Dream Time, Father and Mother Dunn the Spiritual Conquerors of
a Continent, Commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Arrival of the
Baha'i Faith in Australia 18 April 1970. Paddington, NSW: National Assembly
of the Baha'is of Australia, 1970. An account of the first Baha'i missionaries
to Australia, Hyde (d.1941) and Clara (d.1960) Dunn, both originally from
England.

147. Freeman, Dorothy and Researched by Louise B. Matthias. From Copper to
Gold: The Life of Dorothy Baker. xii, 320. Oxford: George Ronald, 1984. A
full-length biography of Dorothy Baker (1898-1954), a much-travelled Baha'i
missionary and administrator, later a 'Hand of the Cause', who died in a plane
crash in the Mediterranean. Collins 7.1007.

151. Gail, Marzieh. Khánum, The Greatest Holy Leaf. 40. Oxford:
George Ronald, 1981. A short (38 pp.) memoir concerning Baha' iyya Khanum (d.
1932), a daughter of Baha' Allah and full sister of 'Abd al-Baha', who played a
major role in establishing Shoghi Effendi's position. Some of the text is based
on personal memories from Gail's 1924 pilgrimage to Palestine, the rest on
those of other western observers. Very few facts about her subject emerge.
Collins 7.1029.

153. Gail, Marzieh. Summon Up Remembrance. Oxford: George Ronald, 1987.
A detailed but curiously truncated biography of Ali Kuli Khan Nabil al-Dawla
(1879? - 1966), the author's father. Best known in Baha'i circles as an early
translator of scripture, Khan was also an eminent Iranian diplomat and
government minister. The biography, based on Khan's memoirs and other family
papers, ends inexplicably with a pilgrimage to Palestine in 1906. Although
Baha'i topics crowd out all others, the style and detail are above average.

156. Garis, M.R. Martha Root: Lioness at the Threshold. xv, 578.
Champion Builder Books, Wilmette, Ill.: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1983. A
biography of Martha Root (d. 1939), one of the most widely-travelled and
persistent of American Baha'i proselytisers, regarded as responsible for the
supposed conversion of Queen Marie of Rumania.

161. Ghadirian, A.M. "'August Forel: His Life and Enlightenment'." In Three
Studies on Baha'i History, 4. Ottawa: Association for Baha'i Studies, 1978.
One of a number of studies devoted to the Swiss entomologist, regarded as a
Baha'i convert (see also items xx, xxx).

162. Giachery, Ugo. Shoghi Effendi: Recollections. x, 238. Oxford:
George Ronald, 1973. Memoirs relating to Shoghi Effendi by an Italian Hand of
the Cause. The style is excessively hagiographical, and almost unreadable,
while the content reveals virtually nothing about the man in question. Most of
the book concerns itself with information about the architecture and
landscaping of the Baha'i buildings and gardens in Haifa and Bahji. An
outstanding example of the reduction of biography to uninformative eulogy.
Collins 7.1047.

169. Grundy, Julia M. Ten Days in the Light of 'Akka. Rev. ed.
Originally published 1907 as Ten Days in the Light of Acca, Chicago,
Baha'i Publishing Society, 111 pp.; reprinted n.d. ed., 107. Wilmette, Ill.:
Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1979. One of several accounts by early Western
Baha'is of a pilgrimage made to Palestine to visit 'Abd al-Baha'. Grundy --
about whom little is known -- seems to have been a member of an American party
visiting Acre in 1905. The text contains numerous passages recording talks by
'Abd al-Baha' and members of his household. Collins 7.1099-1100.

173. Hatcher, John. Ali's Dreams: The Story of Baha'u'llah. Oxford:
George Ronald, 1980. The life of Baha' Allah retold for children.

174. Hatcher, John. From the Auroral Darkness: The Life and Poetry of Robert
Hayden. Oxford: George Ronald, 1984. A study of the life and work of the
eminent black American Baha'i poet (19xx - 19xx).

175. He Is Abdul-Baha, the Servant of the Glory of God! n.p. [USA?]:
n.d. [191-?]. Collins 7.1151.

176. Heller, Wendy. Lidia: The Life of Lidia Zamenhof, Daughter of
Esperanto. xvi, 260. Oxford: George Ronald, 1985. The life of the daughter
of the Polish inventor of Esperanto. Converted to Baha'ism, Lidia died in XXXXX
concentration camp. Includes selections from her Esperanto writings, translated
into English. Collins 7.1163.

179. Hoffman, Frederic Gordon. (1977). The Art and Life of Mark Tobey: A
Contribution Towards an Understanding of a Psychology of Consciousness. Ph.D.,
University of California, Los Angeles. xix, 528 p. and sources and interests
which underlay the American artist's move towards a new pictorial language.
Newly-discovered paintings and documents, including a significant body of
manuscripts written by Mark Tobey, reveal a wealth of insight into the
relationship 'Little information has yet come to light on the psychological and
spiritual motivations. 13.30. c/r Art.

181. Hofman, David. George Townshend, Hand of the Cause of God (Sometime
Canon of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Archdeacon of Clonfert). xiv, 404.
Oxford: George Ronald, 1983.A lengthy biography of the best-known Christian
cleric to embrace Baha'ism. Townshend (1876-1957), an Irish lawyer turned
clergyman, achieved eminence in the Anglican church as Canon of St. Patrick's
Cathedral, Dublin and Archdeacon of Clonfert, twice turning down a bishopric.
Converted about 1919, he left the church in 1947 and was made a 'Hand of the
Cause' in 1951. His extensive writings on Baha'ism are still in print. Collins
7.1184

184. Holley, Horace. A Pilgrimage to Thonon. Letchworth, Herts.: Garden
City Press Ltd., 1911. An account of Holley's 1911 meeting with 'Abd al-Baha'
at Thonon-les-Bains on the French side of Lake Leman.

186. Honnold, Annamarie [Comp. and ed.]. Vignettes from the Life of
'Abdu'l-Baha. Oxford: George Ronald, 1982. A collection of anecdotal
materials drawn from numerous sources, including several unpublished
recollections.

187. Honnold, Annmarie (collected and ed.). Vignettes from the Life of
'Abdu'l-Baha. xi, 199. Oxford, George Ronald: 1982. 'A compilation of
inspiring anecdotes pertaining to the Baha'i way of life as demonstrated by
'Abdu'l-Baha.' Its 'index to anecdotes' is organized under headings which
describe the spiritual qualities of 'Abdu'l-Baha.

193. Ioas family. Part of the Baha'i History of the Family of Charles and
Maria Ioas. bv the five living children of Charles and Maria Ioas. n.p.
[Berwyn, Ill.: Monroe Ioas], 1978. [10], 24, [2] leaves. 1978. 7.2101.

198. Ishraq Khavari, 'Abd al-Hamid. Kitab-i nurayn-i nayyirayn, shamil-i
alwah-i mubaraka, sharh-i zindigani, wa shahadat-i Sultan al-Shuhada' wa Mahbub
al-Shuhada'. [Tehran]: Baha'i Publishing Committee, 123 B.E./1966-67. A
detailed account of the family, lives, and deaths of two famous Baha'i martyrs,
Haji Sayyid Muhammad Hasan Isfahani and his brother Haji Sayyid Muhammad
Husayn, known as the 'King and Beloved of Martyrs', put to death in Isfahan in
1879 on the orders of the city's leading cleric. The informative text is
accompanied by transcriptions and reproductions of relevant scriptural
materials and by copious illustrations.

199. Ishraq Khavari, ['Abd al-Hamid]. Sukhanrani-yi Jinab-i Ishraq Khavari
dar bara-yi Sharh-i hal-i Hadrat-i Vali-yi amr Allah. [Tehran]: Baha'i
Publishing Trust, 130 B.E./1973-74. A lengthy (65 pp.) talk on the life of
Shoghi Effendi by the doyen of Iranian Baha'i scholars. There is little new
information, but one or two personal reminiscences provide interest. The text
is followed by a bibliography of 25 works by Shoghi Effendi.

200. Ishraq-Khavari, ['Abd al-Hamid]. Hadrat-i Ghusn Allah al-Athar
"Al-makhluq min nur al-Baha'" [His Holiness the Purest Branch of God, 'He
who was created from the Light of Baha''. [Tehran]: [Baha'i Publishing
Committee?], 127 B.E./1970-71. A short (25 pp.) hagiographical account of one
of Baha' Allah's sons, Mirza Mahdi (1850-1870). Mirza Mahdi was a younger
brother of 'Abd al-Baha' by the same mother (Asiyya Khanum) and receives (like
his sister Bahiyya Khanum) saintly status in Baha'i writing, unlike Baha'
Allah's other sons by his second wife Mahd-i Ulya. Mirza Mahdi died at an early
age following an accident in the barracks at Acre.

203. Jenabe Fazel, Philosopher and Lecturer of Persia. [4]. n.p.
[U.S.A.]: n.d. [1921]. A brief account of Mirza Asad Allah Fadil-i
Mazandarani, a Baha'i scholar who visited the United States between 1923 and
1925. Collins 7.1328.

204. Johnson, Lowell. Remember My Days: The Life-Story of Baha'u'llah.
Johannesburg: National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of South and West
Africa, 1980. A short (41pp.) version of the life of Baha' Allah.

205. Kelley, Edward Rulief. (1983). Mark Tobey and the Baha'i Faith: New
Perspectives on the Artist and His Paintings. Ph. D., University of Texas at
Austin. xiv, 234 p. and An examination of the impact of Mark Tobey's adherence
to the Baha'i religion upon the content of his paintings.13.34. c/r Art.

208. Khadim, Dhikr Allah. Bi-yad-i mahbub. [Tehran]: Baha'i Publishing
Committee, 131 B.E./1974-75. A detailed biography of Shoghi Effendi by an
Iranian 'Hand of the Cause', togather with reflections on the nature and
significance of the Baha'i Guardianship and personal recollections. Contains
much material not available elsewhere.

212. Latimer, George Orr. The Light of the World. 148. Boston: George
Orr Latimer, 1920. A pilgrim diary based on a visit to Palestine in 1919, two
years before the death of 'Abd al-Baha'. Collins 7.1383.

213. Lemaitre, Solange. Une Grande Figure de l'Unite: Abdul Baha. Paris:
Adrien-Maisonneuve, 1952. An account of the person and teachings of 'Abd
al-Baha' that seeks to place him among the great religious thinkers of the
twentieth century. The approach is broadly ecumenical, with copious references
to philosophical and Far Eastern religious texts. The author lacks any solid
appreciation of the Islamic background of Baha'i thought, resulting in a rather
loose, 'transcendentalist' approach.

219. MacEoin, Denis M. "'Hajji Abu'l-Hasan Ardakani'." In Encyclopaedia
Iranica, 371. Vol.2. London & New York: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1987.
Brief entry on one of four 'Hands of the Cause' appointed by Baha' Allah.
Ardakani (d.1346/1927-28) was particularly known as the chief trustee of the
Baha'i religious tax (huquq Allah). (See also Momen, item xx.)

223. Mahmudi, Hushang. Yad-dashtha'i dar bara-yi Hadrat-i 'Abd al-Baha'
[Memoirs concerning his Holiness 'Abd al-Baha']. [Tehran]: Baha'i
Publishing Committee, 130 B.E./1973-74. A large selection of memoirs and
general statements concerning 'Abd al-Baha' drawn from a wide variety of
sources. The sources are more limited than the editor implies (Zarqani [item
xx] is used extensively, for instance), but the book does at least bring them
together in the chronological order of 'Abd al-Baha's life.

224. Marion Jack: Immortal Heroine. 13. Canada: Baha'i Canada
Publications, 1985. Short (13pp.) account of the life of a Canadian Bah'i
missionary who died in 1954.

226. Martin, James Douglas. (1967). The Life and Work of Sarah ~ane Farmer,
1847-1916. M.A., University of Waterloo. 261 p., the Greenacre Institute and
the Monsalvat School for the Comparative Study of Religion. Two circumstances
added considerable importance to her work Sarah Jane Farmer undertook a series
of educational projects during the 1880-1900 period: the Eliot Public Library,
occurring as they did during a 'watershed' period in which many American
thinkers tried her pioneering contributions to the adult education movement;
(2) timing of her programmes, and to draw their countrymen into the process of
social change. : 13.39.

239. Momen, Moojan. "''Ali Akbar Sahmirzadi, Hajji Molla'." In Encyclopaedia
Iranica, 857. 1. London, Boston, Headingley: Routledge and Kegan Paul,
1985. A short account of one of the four original 'Hands of the Cause', noted
for his organization of the affairs of the Baha'is of Iran in the late 19th
century.

240. Momen, Moojan. "'Abu'l-Fazl Golpayegani'." In Encyclopaedia
Iranica, 289-90. 1. London, Boston, Headingley: Routledge and Kegan Paul,
1985. A short academic account of the most prominent early Iranian Baha'i
scholar (1844-1914), with a useful summary of his published writings.

241. Momen, Moojan. "'Adib Talaqani, Hajj Mirza Hasan'." In Encyclopaedia
Iranica, 461. 1. London, Boston, Headingley: Routledge and Kegan Paul,
1985. A short account of one of the original 'Hands of the Cause' (ayadi-yi
amr Allah) and chairman of the first Baha'i assembly of Tehran.

242. Momen, Moojan. "'Afnan'." In Encyclopaedia Iranica, 567-69. 1.
London, Boston, Headingley: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1985. A brief account of
the Afnan family (descendants of the Bab through his maternal uncles), the only
surviving line of two sacred lineages within Baha'ism. The article includes a
simplified genealogy of the family. For a much fuller account, see Faydi,
Khandan-i Afnan (item xx).

243. Momen, Moojan. "'Amin, Hajji'." In Encyclopaedia Iranica, 938-39.
1. London, Boston, Headingley: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1985. A very short
account of two individuals known by the same name: 1) Shah Muhammad Manshadi
(d.1880); and 2) Abu 'l-Hasan Ardakani (see also item xx). Both were trustees
of the Baha'i religious tax known as huquq Allah.

244. Momen, Moojan. Dr John Ebenezer Esslemont, M.B., Ch.B., SBEA, Hand of
the Cause of God. London: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1975. A short (42pp.)
biography of one of the earliest English Baha'is. Esslemont (1874-1925), a
Scottish doctor, was the author of Baha'u'llah and the New Era (item
xx), for many years and through many editions the standard introductory text on
the movement. 7.1582.

247. Morrison, Gayle. To Move the World: Louis G. Gregory and the
Advancement of Racial Unity in America. xxvii, 399. Wilmette, Ill.: Baha'i
Publishing Trust, 1982. A full-length biography of the first black Baha'i in
the United States and a member of the US NSA (see also item xx).

248. Mu'ayyad, Dr. Habib [Habib Allah Khudabakhsh]. Khatirat-i Habib.
Vol. 1. [Tehran]: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 118 B.E./1961-62. A popular memoir
by an Iranian Baha'i physician (d.1971) who studied medicine in Beirut
(1907-1914) and later spent a brief period with 'Abd al-Baha' in Palestine
before returning to Iran. The text contains interesting material relating to
the Baha'is of Beirut and Mu'ayyad's contacts with Shoghi Effendi and the
Baha'i scholar Mirza Abu 'l-Fadl Gulpaygani, several of whose letters are
cited.

250. Muhajir, Iran F. (Comp.). The Mystery of God. Rev. ed., 1979,
London, BPT, 327 pp. ed., 203 pp. New Delhi: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1971. A
collection of scriptural and semi-scriptural passages about 'Abd al-Baha',
accompanied by numerous illustrations, published on the fiftieth anniversary of
his death. Precise sources of texts are not given. The second edition is of
better quality.

251. Muhlschlegel, Peter. Auguste Forel and the Baha'i Faith, with
Commentary by Peter Muhlschlegel. Originally published as XXXXXXX (German
ed.) ed., 60. Translated by Hele'ne Neri. Oxford: George Ronald, 1978. A
discussion of the relationship with Baha'ism of an eminent Swiss scientist of
the period. This work is mainly concerned with a letter written by Forel to
'Abd al-Baha' in 1912, and the latter's reply (item xx, pp.220-31 [Baha'i
Revelation ]). See also items xxx and xx.

254. Murray, Fred. The Story of Fred Murray. a report told to Howard
Harwood. Mona Vale, N.S.W.: National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of
Australia, [6] p. n.d. [1984]. 7.1601. Brief account of the life of
Australia's first aboriginal Baha'i

255. Nakhjavani, Bahiyyih. Four on an Island. Oxford: George Ronald,
1983. An account of the lives of four Baha'is exiled with Mirza Yahya Subh-i
Azal and his followers to Cyprus in 1868. The four were: Mishkin Qalam, Mirza
'Ali Sayyah, Aqa 'Abd al-Ghaffar, and Aqa Muhammad Baqir Mahallati. For basic
details, see Momen, Babi and Baha'i Religions (item xx), chapter 21.

256. Nakhjavani, Violette. Amatu'l-Baha Visits India. idem. 2nd
ed. New Delhi: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1984. xix, 180 p. Adds an index of the
examples and stories used in Amatu'l-Baha's talks. ed., 196. New Delhi: Baha'i
Publishing Trust, n.d. [1966?]. An account of a nine-month journey through
India during 1964 by Shoghi Effendi's widow, Ruhiyyih Khanum (nee May Maxwell).
Of interest in view of the expansion of the Baha'i community in the
subcontinent from that period. The central object of the book is to discuss and
exemplify methods of mass conversion. c/r proselytization.

257. National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of South and West Africa.
Shu'a'u'llah 'Ala'i. n.p. [Johannesburg]: National Spiritual Assembly of
the Baha'is of South and West Africa, I984. [2] p. 1984. 7.I8I5.

258. National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Trinidad and Tobago. Hand
of the Cause of God Shu'a'u'llah 'Ala'i. Port of Spain: National Spiritual
Assembly of the Baha'is of Trinidad and Tobago, 1 p. n.d. [1984]. 562. 1826
cf. item xxx (7.1815)

259. Nur, 'Izzat Allah. Khatirat-i muhajiri az Isfahan dar zaman-i
shahadat-i Sultan al-Shuhada' va Mahbub al-Shuhada'. Tehran: Baha'i
Publishing Committee, 128 B.E./1971-72. An account based on written and oral
reminiscences of the author's father, Husayn 'Ali Nur Isfahani, concerning the
martyrdom in Isfahan in 1879 of two Baha'i brothers, known as the Sultan and
Mahbub al-Shuhada' (see item xx), as well as related matters. The text is
accompanied by extensive citations from letters by Baha' Allah and others,
together with reasonably clear reproductions of the originals.

260. O'Neill, Nicki. Baha'u'llah: Founder of the Baha'i Faith, Dublin,
NSA of the Baha'is of the Republic of Ireland, 1993, 31 pp.

262. Ong, Henry. (1978). Yan Kee Leong: A Biography of a Malaysian Cartoonist.
M.S., Iowa, 176 p. State University. iv, and a cartoonist by profession
Biography of Yan Kee Leong, who became in late life a member of the Continental
Board of Counsellors in Asia. 13.46.

266. Pease, F[rederick]. O[lin]. "'Dr. Ibrahim G. Kheiralla. A Biographical
Sketch'." The Occult Truth Seeker [USA] 2 (July 1902): ?????An early
account of the first Baha'i missionary to the United States (for more detail,
see item xx).

268. Peeke, Margaret Bloodgood. My Visit to Abbas Effendi in 1899.
Chicago: The Grier Press, 1911. One of a number (see items xx, xxx, etc.) of
accounts of the first Western Baha'i pilgrimage to Palestine.

269. Perkins, Mary. Day of Glory: the Life of Baha'u'llah, Oxford,
George Ronald, 1992, vi, 206 pp.

270. Perkins, Mary. Hour of the Dawn: The Life of the Bab. Oxford:
George Ronald, 1987, 212 pp. Based on Balyuzi and Nabil's Narrative.

271. Phelps, Myron H. and Intro. E.G. Browne. The Life and Teachings of
Abbas Effendi: A Study of the Religion of the Babis, or Beha'is Founded by the
Persian Bab and by his Successors, Beha Ullah and Abbas Efffendi. 1st.
Reprinted 1904 Rev. ed., 1912, New York; London, xlvii, 243 pp; reprinted in
bowdlerized ed., Los Angeles, Kalimat Press, 1985 (item xx). German trans. by
W. H. [Wilhelm Herrigel], Abdu'l-Baha-Abbas' Leben und Lehren, 1922,
Stuttgart, Verlag des Deutschen Baha'i-Bundes, ed., xliii, 259. New York: G.P.
Putnam's Sons: The Knickerbocker Press, 1903. First published in 1903, this is
an early account of 'Abd al-Baha' by a New York lawyer, a Buddhist convert
sympathetic to Baha'ism. For details of the book's composition, see
introduction to item xx. Chapters 1-6 contain an account of 'Abd al-Baha's
life, 7-9 Phelps's own exposition of Baha'i doctrine, and 10-12 selected
discourses. The doctrinal section is thought by modern Baha'is to be
unreliable.

272. Phelps, Myron H. and Intro. Marzieh Gail. The Master in 'Akka. Rev.
ed. of item xx ed., xlii, 161. Los Angeles: Kalimat Press, 1985. A
heavily-bowdlerized edition of item xx. Only chapters 1-6 out of Phelps's
original 12 are reproduced, Browne's introduction is replaced by that of a
modern Baha'i apologist, and footnotes are added to 'correct' the historical
material. According to Gail, Phelps's original chapters dealing with Baha'i
doctrine are unreliable. This edition is profusely illustrated with
contemporary photographs and prints.

273. Pole, Wellesley Tudor. "'Abdu'l Baha Abbas and the Baha'i Faith'."
Light (London) 70 (3368 Dec. 1950): 347-51. Pole was a British soldier
and occultist who met 'Abbas Effendi in Palestine and became an admirer (though
not a convert).

275. Prakash, Padma. "'Right Now: An Interview with a Septuagenarian
Suffragette, Shirin Fozdar, Who Was in India to Attend the First All Asian
Baha'i Women's Conference Held in New Delhi Last Month'." Femina
(Bombay) (Nov.4-7, 1977): 11.818a.

276. Priceless Pearl, The: A Tribute to Shoghi Effendi. London: National
Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United Kingdom, [4]p. n.d. [1980?].
7.2143.

281. Quickeners of Mankind: Pioneering in a World Community -- see
section x, item xx [Yearbooks etc., teaching]. Includes account of Canadian
Baha'i missionary Marion Jack.

282. Rabbani, Ruhiyyih and Foreword David Hofman. The Guardian of the Baha'i
Faith. 342. London: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1986. An abridged version of
Rabbani's uninformative biography of her late husband (see item xx). 69 pages
of illustrations.

284. Rabbani, Ruhiyyih. The Priceless Pearl. Limited ed. of 1500 signed
copies, London, Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1969 ed., 482. London: Baha'i
Publishing Trust, 1969. An astonishing book. 451 pages long and written by
Shoghi Effendi's widow, it tells the reader virtually nothing at all about the
man. Rabbani's real subject is the development of the movement, the plans for
its expansion, and the organization of its administrative system. Shoghi
Effendi himself neither lives nor breathes in these pages, and the reader
seeking the man behind the system will look in vain. And this of someone who
died in 1957.

285. Rabbani, Ruhiyyih. The Story of Enoch Olinga. [Umtata]: National
Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Transkei, Apr. 1984. 38 p. 1984. 7.2190.

296. Remey, Charles Mason. Observations of a Bahai Traveller. Reissued,
Washington, J.D. Milans and Sons, 1915 ed., Washington: Carnahan Press, [1909].
An early travel diary by an American Baha'i later prominent as a 'Hand of the
Cause' and after 1957 as the chief claimant to the Baha'i Guardianship.

303. Remey, Charles Mason. Through Warring Countnes to the Mountain of God.
Washington, D.C.: Charles Mason Remey, 1915. 111 leaves. LC card 18--1
1713- 'An account of some of the experiences of two American Baha'is in France,
England, Germany and other countries, on their way to visit Abdul Baha in the
Holy Land.'. 1915.

313. Ruggles, Kay (Comp.) The Story of Mona, 1965-1983: Sacrifice for
Peace. Canada: Baha'i Distribution Canada, Short (38pp.) account of the
life of a young Iranian Baha'i woman, Mona Mahmudnizhad, put to death with nine
others in Shiraz in 1983. The booklet was part of a somewhat insensitive
propaganda drive ('The Mona Project'), also featuring a pop single and video.

314. Ruggles, Kay (comp.), Gertrude Garrida, Walter Cater, and Margaret Cater.
Where Eagles Soar. Hawaii: National Assembly of the Baha'is of Hawaii,
1974. A short (16pp.) collection of passages from articles about various
Baha'is associated with Hawaii, including Martha Root, Agnes Alexander, George
Augur, and others.

315. Ruhe, David S. Robe of Light, Oxford, George Ronald, 1994, xx, 230
pp. On Baha' Allah, by a member of the Universal House of Justice.

318. Rutstein, Nathan. He Loved and Served: The Story of Curtis Kelsey.
185. Oxford: George Ronald, 1982. Susbtantial (208pp.) biography of Curtis
DeMude Kelsey (1894-1970), converted in 1917 and soon afterwards responsible
for installing electricity in the Bab's shrine in Haifa. Kelsey later served in
numerous capacities on various US Baha'i bodies, while pursuing a successful
business career. See also obituary in Baha'i World, Vol.15, pp.468-73.

319. Sabet, Habib. Sargozasht-e Habib Sabet be Qalam-e Khod-e Ishan [Memoirs
of Habib Sabet]. 294. Costa Mesa, Ca.: Mazda Publishers, 1993. Sabet
(d.1990) was one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in pre-revolutionary
Iran. Though these memoirs are mainly concerned with his business activities,
there are occasional references to Baha'i matters, while the overall picture
provides important clues as to the role and attitudes of an upper-class Iranian
Baha'i of the period.

321. Salmani, the Barber, Ustad Muhammad-'Aliy-i-. My Memories of
Baha'u'llah. xi, 148. Translated by Marzieh Gail. Los Angeles: Kalimat
Press, 1982. A short and generally unrevealing memoir by Baha' Allah's barber,
detailing events from Baghdad to Acre. The writing is unsophisticated and has
the merit of directness. No details of the original MS are given. The memoir
is here published with a selection of Salmani's poems and short appendices on
Iranian matters. The translator makes the interesting observation that this is
one of the very few examples of what might be termed 'Baha'i hadith'.

325. Scatchford, Felicia R. Wise Man from the East. London: The Unity
Press, 1912. An early and very short (8pp.) account of 'Abd al-Baha' written
at the time of his European travels.

326. Schopflocher, Lorol. Sunburst. London: Ryder & Co., 1937. 320
p. The author, prominent socialite and wife of the Hand of the Cause of God
Siegfried Schopflocher, recounts her own life story and her many travels on
behalf of the Baha'i Faith. 1937.

328. Sears, William and Robert Quigley. The Flame. 141. Oxford: George
Ronald, 1972. A saccharine hagiography of Lua Getsinger (1871-1915), an early
American convert. The authors are Baha'is who have worked in American
television (Sears is a 'Hand of the Cause'). It shows. A saccharine hagiography
of Lua Getsinger (1871-1915), an early American convert. The authors are
Baha'is who have worked in American television (Sears is a 'Hand of the
Cause'). It shows.

329. Sears, William. All Flags Flying! il. Robert Reedy. Johannesburg:
National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of South and West Africa, 1985. 350
p. Hand of the Cause William Sears continues the story of his life that he
began in God Loves Laughter. Written in a rapid-fire speaking style.
This is not, strictly speaking, a biography, but a series of personal
vignettes, perhaps not all 'factual'. 1985. Another volume of Reader's
Digest-style memoirs by a US TV presenter turned 'Hand of the Cause'.

330. Sears, William. God Loves Laughter. 1st. Rev. ed., London, George
Ronald, 1964 and several reprints; then Oxford, George Ronald, 1974, and
reprints ed., viii, 181. London: George Ronald, 1960. A humorous autobiography
with bait for potential converts in the form of final chapters on how the
author found the Baha'i faith. Sears, a TV puppet show presenter turned 'Hand
of the Cause', makes Readers Digest seem intellectual.

331. Sears, William. Run to Glory. Naturegraph,

332. Sears, William. The Martyr-Prophet of a World Faith. Wilmette,
Ill.: Baha'i Publishing Committee, 1950. 19 p. 1950. A popular life of the Bab
that precedes the author's Release the Sun.

345. Sohrab, Mirza Ahmad. Abdul Baha in Egypt. Also issued London,
Rider & Co., n.d. [1929?] ed., xxxiii, 390. New York: J. H. Sears & Co.
for the New History Foundation, 1929. A journal of the daily life and table
talks of 'Abd al-Baha', recorded by his private secretary and interpreter,
Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, in Port Said and Ramleh from July 1 to September 31 1913.
This work provides one of the most detailed glimpses of the everyday life of a
central Baha'i figure. Sohrab's later defection has meant that the book is no
longer considered publishable by the Baha'is.

347. Sprague, Sydney. A Year With the Bahais in India and Burma. 1st.
Chicago, Baha'i Publishing Society, 1908; reissued as A Year with the
Bahahi's of India and Burma, Los Angeles, Kalimat Press, 1986 [check if
published] ed., London: Priory Press, 1908. An account of an early tour by a
prominent American Baha'i who later became a 'Covenant-Breaker' until his
return to the orthodox community in 1941.

352. Stendardo, Luigi. Leo Tolstoy and the Baha'i Faith. Oxford: George
Ronald, 1986. A short (96pp.) study of the (rather tenuous) links between
Tolstoy and Baha'ism. Includes materials freshly translated from French,
Russian, and Persian.

356. Stockman, Robert. Thabit: The Life of Thornton Chase (Check: US
BPT?).

357. Stories from the Life of Baha'u'llah. n.p. [Salisbury, Rhodesia]:
National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of South Central Africa,7 p. n.d.
[between 1964 and 1970].

358. Subhi Muhtadi, Fadl Allah and Intr. Sayyid Hadi Khusrawshahi.
Khatirat-i zindigi-yi Subhi wa tarikh-i Babigari wa Baha'igari. 1st.
2nd. and 3rd. eds., Tabriz, 1343 Sh./1964, 1344 Sh./1965, Chapkhana-yi
'Ilmiyya; 4th. ed., Qum, 1351 Sh./1972; 5th. ed. Qum and Tehran, Markaz-i
intasharat-i Dar al-tabligh-i Islami, 1354 Sh./1975 ed., Tehran: Matba'a-yi
Danish, 1312 Sh./1933. The first of two books (see also item x) by a former
Baha'i missionary and secretary of 'Abd al-Baha' who later left the movement
and converted to Islam. Written in a light style, the book contains engaging
and sometimes informative reminiscences of Baha'i life in the 1910s and 1920s.
The portrait of 'Abd al-Baha' is affectionate, but that of other Baha'is
considerably less so. Of some interest for descriptions of Baha'i life in
Palestine after World War I.

368. Suthers, A. E. "'A Baha'i Pontiff in the Making'." The Moslem World
(Hartford, Conn.) 25 (1 Jan. 1935): 27-35. One of the few pieces about Shoghi
Effendi by an outsider, this emphasizes his growing tendency to authoritarian
control. c/r anti-Baha'i.

369. Szanto-Felbermann, Renee. Rebirth: The Memoirs of Renee
Szanto-Felbermann. London: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1980. 185 p.
Autobiography of a woman of Jewish heritage who was the first Hungarian Baha'i.
Particularly interesting is the period as a Jewish-Baha'i in Hungary during the
Nazi era. Includes her escape to England during the 1956 uprising. 7.2521.

374. Tahirih, the First Woman Suffrage Martyr. n.p. [Port of Spain]:
National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Trinidad and Tobago, 1977.[12] p.
1977.

375. Thompson, Juliet. 'Abdu'l-Baha's First Days in America: From the Diary
of Juliet Thompson. 40. East Aurora, N.Y.: The Roycrofters, n.d. [192-?].
An early selection of extracts from the edited diary of Juliet Thompson (see
item xx).

376. Thompson, Juliet. 'Abdu'l-Baha: The Center of the Covenant. 28.
Wilmette, Ill.: Baha'i Publishing Committee, 1948. A short (28pp.)
disquisition on 'Abd al-Baha' by one of his chief American supporters (see item
xx [diary] and item xxx, pp.73-85 [OZ vol.1]).

378. Thompson, Juliet. The Diary of Juliet Thompson. with a preface by
Marzieh Gail. Los Angeles: Kalimat Press, 1983, 1983. xxiii, 393 p. LC card
83--10540. The diary of one of the earliest Baha'is of New York, covering her
many hours with 'Abd al- Baha in 1909, 19 912. A vivid personal account of
spiritual love and the tests of her faith. 1983.

383. Vader, John Paul. (1981). 'For the Good of Mankind': August Forel and the
Baha'~ Faith. M.D., Universite de Lausanne. 107 p., Examination of the
relationship of August Forel to the Baha'i Faith., and See 7.2644.

384. Vader, John Paul. For the Good of Mankind: August Forel and the Bahah'i
Faith. x, 114. Oxford: George Ronald, 1984. An account of the Swiss
scientist and social reformer Forel and his links with Baha'ism, to which he is
reputed to have converted in his later years. Based on the author's doctoral
dissertation. See also item xx.

385. Various, (list?). 'Abdu'l-Baha, Fiftieth Anniversary of His
Passing. World Order Magazine, Wilmette, Ill.: Baha'i Publishing Trust,
1971. A special edition of World Order magazine devoted to the life and
works of 'Abd al-Baha'.

391. Ward, Allan L. 239 Days. 'Abdu'l-Baha's Journey in America. 218.
Wilmette, Ill.: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1970. A detailed, city-by-city record
of 'Abd al-Baha's 1912 journey from New York to California and back, with
emphasis on his sermons, interviews, and conversations. The book is based on
the author's 1960 doctoral dissertation [item xxx], but is entirely
non-academic in approach. Ward makes use of a then-unpublished translation of
Zarqani's Badayi' al-athar [item xx].

392. Ward, Allan Lucius. "An Historical Study of the North American Speaking
Tour of 'Abdu'l-Baha and a Rhetorical Analysis of His Addresses." Ph.D.,
Ohio University, 1960. The original dissertation on which Ward's later book,
239 Days [item xxx], is based. (UM-60-5334).

394. Wegener, Daniel Nelson and Louise (Coll./recorded) Caswell. Divine
Springtime. Tegucigalpa, Hondur: Union Press, 1977. Recollections of the
early history of Baha'ism in Central America and Panama, together with the
texts of letters from Shoghi Effendi. c/r Shoghi Effendi.

399. White, Roger. The Shell and the Pearl: An Account of the Martyrdom of
'Ali-Asghar of Yazd -- see section xx, item xxx.

400. Whitehead, O.Z. [Zebbie]. Some Bahai's to Remember. 272. Oxford:
George Ronald, 1983. A second volume of biographies by Whitehead. The
subjects chosen are generally of less interest than those included in the first
volume. The most valuable section is a lengthy chapter entitled 'Early Days in
Mancheste', which makes use of several unpublished materials relating to the
Baha'i community there in the early years of this century. There are essays on
Arthur Dodge, Mrs Thornburgh-Cropper, Mary Hanford Ford, and Horace Holley.

401. Whitehead, O.Z. [Zebbie]. Some Early Bahahi's of the West. x, 227.
Oxford: George Ronald, 1976. The first of two volumes of rather anodyne
hagiography by a former Hollywood actor. In lieu of something more probing,
this provides basic details about several important early western Baha'is,
including Thornton Chase, Howard MacNutt, Thomas Breakwell, Juliet Thompson,
Lady Blomfield, Isabella Brittingham, Howard Ives, John Esslemont, Queen Marie
of Rumania, and George Townshend. The text is accompanied by photographs.

405. Yazdi, Marion Carpenter. Youth in the Vanguard. Wilmette, Ill.:
Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1982. Recollections of a Baha'i student and her
missionary activities among staff and students at the Universitiy of California
and Stanford University. Includes letters addressed to youth by 'Abd al-Baha'
and Shoghi Effendi. Recollections of a Baha'i student and her missionary
activities among staff and students at the Universitiy of California and
Stanford University. Includes letters addressed to youth by 'Abd al-Baha' and
Shoghi Effendi. [Is this in area studies or history?]

408. Zarqani, Mirza Mahmud. Kitab-i badayi' al-athar fi asfar mawla
'l-akhyar ila mamalik al-gharb [The book of wonders of the traces
concerning the travels of the Lord of the pious to the lands of the West].
Vol. 1. Bombay: Elegant Photolitho Press, 1332/1914; Vol. 2. Bombay: Karimi
Press, 1340/1921. Photomechanic reprint, Hofheim-Langenhain, Germany,
Baha'i-Verlag, 2 vols., 1982. A detailed record of 'Abd al-Baha's visits to
Europe and America, kept by his personal secretary. The text includes
transcriptions of talks, lectures and conversations, providing the principal
source for the original of most of these. By far the most comprehensive account
of these journeys, accompanied by numerous illustrations. For the English
translation of the American sections, see item xx.

409. Zinky, Kay (Comp.) and Ed. A. Baram. Martha Root: Herald of the
Kingdom: A Compilation. xx, 438. New Delhi: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1983.
A collection of articles (mainly from Star of the West) by and about
Root (see item xx), the best known Western Baha'i propagandist. Contains
accounts of interviews with various heads of state.

413. [Dhuka'i Bayda'i], [Ni'mat Allah]. Sharh-i ahwal wa athar-i Jinab-i Aqa
Mirza Hasan Adib al-'Ulama-yi Talaqani, Ayadi-yi amr Allah.... Originally
published as a chapter in Ni'mat Allah Dhuka'i Bayda'i, Tadhkira-yi
shu'ara-yi qarn-i awwal-i Baha'i, vol.2 (item xx) ed., [Tehran]: Baha'i
Publishing Committee, 129 B.E./1972-73. A chapter from volume 2 of Dhuka'i's
Memorials of Baha'i Poets of the First Century, on the life of Adib-i
Talaqani, one of the four original 'Hands of the Cause' (see also item xx --
Momen in EI). The brief main text is preceded by letters to Talaqani from 'Abd
al-Baha' and followed by an account of a journey to Isfahan, Abada, and Shiraz
by Talaqani himself. The work ends with quotations from poems by Talaqani.

415. [Isfahani] , Haji Mirza Haydar-'Ali. Stories from the Delight of
Hearts: The Memoirs of Haji Mirza Haydar-'Ali. Translated by A.Q. Faizi.
Los Angeles: Kalimat Press, 1980. An abridged translation of a popular Persian
autobiography, Bihjat al-sudur [item xx]. The author was a
much-travelled late 19th-C Baha'i missionary (muballigh) who later lived
with 'Abd al-Baha' in Palestine, where he died in 1338/1920 (see Masabih-i
hidayat vol.1, ch.1 [item xx]). Of interest is the section dealing with his
nine-year exile to Khartoum. The present edition gives no details about how it
has been abridged from the original text.

416. [Rabbani], Amatu'l-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum and In collaboration with John
Ferraby. The Passing of Shoghi Effendi. Reprinted in The Bahah'i
World, vol.13, Haifa, The Universal House of Justice, 1970 (item x),
pp.207-25. ed., 25. London: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1958. A short (24 pp.)
account of the death (4 November 1957) and burial in London of Shoghi Effendi,
written in Haifa about one month afterwards.

417. [Rabbani], Amatu'l-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum. "'The Guardian of the Baha'i
Faith'." In The Baha'i World, 59-205. 13. Haifa, Israel: The Universal House of
Justice, 1970. A lengthy account of Shoghi Effendi's life by his widow,
similar in tone and content to her later full-length biography, The
Priceless Pearl (item x). (See also items xx, xx, and xx.)

418. [Rabbani], Ruhiyyih Khanum. Twenty-Five Years of the Guardianship.
Wilmette, Ill.: Baha'i Publishing Committee, 1948. The first of three works
(see also items xx, xxx) about Shoghi Effendi by his wife (nee Mary Maxwell).

420. [Thompson], [Juliet]. With preface by Marzieh Gail. The Diary of Juliet
Thompson. Los Angeles: Kalimat Press, 1983. Selections from the diary of
Juliet Thompson (1873-1956), an American portraitist converted to Baha'ism in
Paris in 1901. The present accounts are restricted to her meetings with 'Abd
al-Baha' in Palestine (1909), Europe (1911), and New York (1912). A much longer
long-hand diary was destroyed by the author and the present condensation
prepared in typewritten form in 1947. The extent and nature of the deletions
are unknown.